Anonymous, 05 Jan 2017sounds like a reaal good cameraOr real good video camera, it has no 29:59 length restriction on video recording. The GH4 was very popular for youtubers and other videographers, the GH5 is directed very much towards that crowd.

However this article is wrong, the 10 bit 4:2:2 is restricted to 24, 25 and 30fps. The announced firmware update in April promises to extend that to full hd mode as well but no mention about 4k, 50 and 60 fps 4k video remains limited to 8bit 4:2:0. Not much of a limitation in my book but i guess the spec readers who dominates these comment threads care a lot.

But theres bad news also, while GH4 was a really great camera for the private consumer enthusiast who wanted a compact system camera thats easy to bring and ready to use in any condition, the GH5 steps more towards professionals who think its ok to bring along big bags with accessories, thats why the GH5 lacks the built in "emergency" flash.

I dont use flash, and i dont have a flash for my dslr, but the little built in one works very well in a pinch, instead of removing it panasonic could have stolen some ideas from nikon on "how to make the popup flash take useable pics".